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Category Archives: Caterpillar Corner
Caterpillar Corner – Episode 10
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar living on our Tulip Poplar tree is another week older! This is the biggest one I’ve ever seen and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for a successful cocoon coming up soon. (If you’d like to … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 9
Our one remaining Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar is doing just fine and we’ve got a week’s worth of daily progress photos to share with you! (If you’d like to catch up with previous episodes, they can be found here.) (Yes, … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 8
I’m sad to report our largest caterpillar was found by a predator bird and is no longer with us. We have yet to experience one making it to the cocoon stage. But, we’ll have many other chances as the summer … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 7
Our caterpillars are progressing nicely! Our little guy/gal is growing also! Thanks for following along. We’ll be back in a few days. Here’s our updated collage! Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are courtesy of my amazing husband, the late Jackson … Continue reading
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Tagged Caterpillar, instar, swallowtail butterfly, tiger swallowtail, tulip tree
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 6
With all the recent bluebird activity in our yard, it feels like our caterpillars are being ignored but we’ve been keeping a close watch! In case you’ve missed any of our earlier episodes, you can catch up here. They’ll eventually … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 5
In case you’ve missed any of our earlier episodes, you can catch up here. Our Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars are well on their way to becoming butterflies. Today I’d like to point out the emergence of their “eyes.” The reason … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 4
They’ve molted! At this stage, our Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars are using their green color as camouflage. Previously, they were colored like … well … bird poop (brown and white.) But now they’re green, and they’ll stay green for … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 3
Our Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars are growing fast! (If you missed our first two episodes, check them out! Episode 1 and/or Episode 2.) As the caterpillars age, they begin making themselves a little “bed” or “nest” of spun silk. This … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 2
We’re continuing to keep tabs on our Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. If you missed part 1, it can be found here. These caterpillars grow very quickly, and within a day or two we could already see a change. Although … Continue reading
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Caterpillar Corner – Episode 1
Last year we discovered a small caterpillar living on our tulip tree. A friend of ours told us it would soon be an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly! For the next month or two we watched about a dozen of these … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, Caterpillar, chrysalis, eastern tiger swallowtail, instar, pupate, tiger swallowtail, tulip tree
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